Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Kisses to all recuperating, or still ailing.
Up early for a looong day.
Neil Morris' Dark Season- all my friends on Sniffa are enjoying, so I thought I'd go for solidarity.
VERY Xmassy- I think I mailed out a LOT of samps of this.

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Twins with Twolf today - Mitsouko
(inspired by the thread listing all the folks here who sadly can't learn to love her) and happy that my chemistry makes her glorious.

Lady in Black/Buni - sorry didn't see your early post question - am feeling much better, thank you and thanks again to the other very supportive folks here. Still fielding calls from distressed students, and immersed in grading finals.

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The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions. Chanakya

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Brought forth the lovely Jasmin Impeatrice Eugenie by Creed...floating on a redolent stream of sandalwood....feeling a bit like an Empress

"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Originally Posted by Clemmie

I am still in bed. I haven't chosen my SOTD yet. It will be either Narciso Rodriguez or Infusion d'Iris, I suspect.

Well I lied. In the end, because I have a patchouli fetish at the moment, I plumped for Coco Mademoiselle, and it smells divine on me for some reason today. I really must try to find Aveda Patchouli oil as well.

I've been reading that the pure perfume and the vintage Mitsouko smell nothing like the stuff on the shelves today. The one I have is an EDT that I bought from ebay and it only cost me &#163;18, so I'm thinking it's a fake. Will have to try the real thing.

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"I don't know the key to success,
but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
Bill Cosby

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Golden Aoud is nice! It is my third aoud that I have ever tested and I can't find the notes for this fragrance. I suspect that it comes from Nancy's (Fishbone) bottle -- to my knowledge there are only a few bottles of it available in private collections in the USA -- and here what I detect in it: aoud (not strong, but still resinous, medicinal), soft mellow spices (cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, something else I would use in cooking), light flowers that actually make it slightly cool (orange/lime/lemon blossom, orchid, hyacinth, almost broom-like note), no roses, light ambrette seed (soapy, salty, dusty) and sandalwood (vibrant, warm and fresh). The general character is light, dry and gentle, staying close to skin. I think that Lady_in_Black would like this, but it is way too light and demure.

Inspired by TWolf's example - I dug out my sample of Montale's Golden Aoud. I wonder if there is some saffron at the top as well.....

I don't get the vast array of notes that TWolf does. My unsophisticated nose essentially equates oud + flowers = roses unless something screams "This is not a Rose"!!!! On a certain level - it reminds me of Montale's Aoud Damascus. may have to do a comparison sniff this weekend......

Unlike the other Montale Aouds I've tried - this one gets close to the skin very quickly (especially in this colder weather). I put this on about 45 minutes ago and can barely smell it now.

Chaya - I hope your job interview went well yesterday. Keep us informed!!!!

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Hello, everyone!

Wearing the gorgeous Profumum Santalum today.

Lievje, so glad to hear your son is on the mend!
Chaya, keep us posted on the job, and you smell YUMMY!
Everyone who's got lots of time off now, I'm jealous! But am also taking off a couple of days around the new year myself, so have some anticipatory relaxing to do.

It’s thought that people who hope too much will just waste their life away and never get down to doing any real work. They’re confusing Hope with Wish, its lazy cousin... When Wish whispers, “Something is just around the corner,” what comes or not is never what was wished for. When Hope whispers “Something is just around the corner,” something always is. -- Charlie Elberson

My sale thread has some of my underappreciated fragrances looking for a good, new home...

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Yum, yum and more yum!
You all smell so good!

Today is my last day in the office,
before the holidays, just like LIB .
Although, my boss told me to take today off too .
What a nice guy!!!!!!

I woke up with a wonderful scent in my nostrils;
hubby applied some Caron Pour Un Homme
for work. So now, I'm wrapping my presents with a
tiny bit of Caron Pour Un Homme wafting up
from the backs of my palms. I'll be off to the office with
gifts in tow to wish everyone Happy Holidays and then
off to do a little bit more shopping.

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

This new old Mitsouko's top notes are bad -- whoever had it before me probably did not know a thing about temperatures and humidity, etc. However, Clemmie, I will be able to send you some to try together with the others we spoke about.

My boss just called and said they need me at work today -- I guess some other Santa's Elf had too much eggnogg last night! Took a quick dip into the bathtub and still feel Mitsouko, the way she is supposed to be: singing in the lower octave, luring, velvety.

Agree with sakecat: that other spice in Golden Aoud IS saffron (little orange brownish threads you put in your rice to make it look yellow?).

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

This new old Mitsouko's top notes are bad ...
Agree with sakecat: that other spice in Golden Aoud IS saffron (little orange brownish threads you put in your rice to make it look yellow?).

That's a shame. I've smelled musty, spoiled topnotes in vintage perfumes too many times. It's worth waiting out sometimes, though.
Montale uses that combination of spices in many of his perfumes. It's sweet and salty at the same time. I think it was dominant in Aoud Queen Rose, Vetiver des Sables, and present even in Attar. I don't know what it is, but I read that it includes saffron.

rtamara, I love that Jasmine Imperiatrice Eugenie too.

SOTD - Madini Maderas de Oriente. It's supposed to be Atlas cedar, but (like all Madinis) it is made of different ingredients in a different combination than most western perfumes, so I give up trying to decipher the aroma. Madini--a delightful departure from Western perfumery...

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Oh Wolfie - what a shame! And I'll bet you were RULLY looking forward to that experience too. But I agree with The Bird - "waiting out" can prove rewarding. I had the same experience with vintage La Rose Jacqueminot and after about forty five minutes the old musty notes sent away and the rose shimmered like new. Hope this happens for you.

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

I don't have many big bottles to spray with abandon, so am wearing Burberry again. I love reading these posts, it gives me ideas of what to try some day.

Today is also my last day of work for two weeks. Maybe I'll be able to get out to the stores and test some new scents!

The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”

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Black Violet by Tom Ford

Peggy: "Right now, we have to get to the mental institution. Something terrible has happened."
Latrelle: "What?"
Peggy: "Brother Boy has tried to kill himself. He jumped out of his bedroom window."
Latrelle: "Isn't he only on the second floor?"
Peggy: "Yes, but he hit his head on a lawn gnome."Fr. Sordid Lives: The Series
*****
"Live, live, live! Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death."Auntie Mame[/B]

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

I can see that I must try the Annick Goutal amber.
But today for me: Ava Luxe Sweet amber wood
I am so enjoying the Ava Luxe decants, but understand from the boards that Ava Luxe is closed down--temporarily? Will someone kindly explain to this new Ava Luxe fan the disappearance and the hoped-for return?

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Originally Posted by Therese

....I am so enjoying the Ava Luxe decants, but understand from the boards that Ava Luxe is closed down--temporarily? Will someone kindly explain to this new Ava Luxe fan the disappearance and the hoped-for return?

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

I'm sampling Parfums de Nicolai Cologne Nature, today. Thought the lime and linden blossom combo would be good for cleaning house and running errands. The top notes smell like I was sent an old sample, but it did that the first time I tried it and dried down fairly well. Fun to try, but not FBW for me. Have a great day and hope those of you not doing well will feel better soon!

I am encouraged by her new site design and the new labels on the bottles from the Etsy site. So she will probably be doing perfumes in some form for a while!

As for my scent of the day, I still smell the sampling I did last night. A new love for Zibeline who loves animalics but often finds Bandit too extreme, and can't do Rasa extreme at all! I was not expecting to like this one and it was the sample that my slightly perfume averse colleague picked out as "wow, this one is fabulous"! So I wore it to bed, and am still loving it over ten hours later.

My SoTD has cardamom, geranium leaves, roses and other spices all over a delectable and long lasting base of musks, sandalwood, leather (!) and civet. This is marketed as a man's scent and I'm sure it would be great on men. That said it's great on me too. It's what I wanted Bandit to be, it is the new elegant leather animalic of my dreams.

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Originally Posted by Zibeline

My SoTD has cardamom, geranium leaves, roses and other spices all over a delectable and long lasting base of musks, sandalwood, leather (!) and civet. This is marketed as a man's scent and I'm sure it would be great on men. That said it's great on me too. It's what I wanted Bandit to be, it is the new elegant leather animalic of my dreams.

Djinn (the EDP)

Isn't it nice when you find a line you just love?

:bounce: Yay for Djinn! :bounce: I bought Djinn as part of Michael Storer's early December special, and I love it! Thank you, Michael!

It’s thought that people who hope too much will just waste their life away and never get down to doing any real work. They’re confusing Hope with Wish, its lazy cousin... When Wish whispers, “Something is just around the corner,” what comes or not is never what was wished for. When Hope whispers “Something is just around the corner,” something always is. -- Charlie Elberson

My sale thread has some of my underappreciated fragrances looking for a good, new home...

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

I'm so far over on the western edge of Basenotes, that if I sleep in, I'm still figuring out morning scents while reading about many of your evenings. Decided yesterday that Estee Lauder Private Collection, while assertive is polite enough to go dancing. Slept in Les Nereides Imperial Opoponax- kinda like Shalimar in fuzzy bunny slippers.

Re: SotD - TGIF!!! Friday 21st December 2007

Prada Infusion d'Iris . I almost bought this one last month in Nordstroms and talked myself out of it! Now I'm crying....thanks to dimples and another one of her lovely, generous samples Looks like I need to add this one to "THE LIST".